Bruce Springsteen - Jungeland Lyrics
(early version)Well the rangers had a home-coming in harlem late last nightAnd the magic rat piloted his sleek machine across the jersey state lineBarefoot girl sits drinking warm beer on the hood of an old dodgeIn the soft summer rainRat rolls up his pants, together theyd make a stab at romanceAnd move down flamingo laneWell now the maximum lawmen they run down the flamingo chasing the ratAnd the barefoot girlBut the kids they live like shadows in empty doorways(but they live like shadows in the vacant doorways)Always silent, holding handsThe rat pulls her close (the rat pulls mary close)And from the churches to the jails there is silence in the world(all is silent in the world)For tonight theyd take their chanceDown here in junglelandWell thers a crazy kind of light tonightBrighter than the one that sparkles for prophetsBrighter than the giant exxon sign that brings this fair city lightTheres an opera out on the turnpike, theres a ballet being fought outsideTheAlleyWell the cops they let their faces show and rips this holy nightThe streets alive with tough-kid jets in nova-light machinesBoys flash guitars like bayonets and rip holes in their jeansThen the hungry and the haunted explode into rock n roll bandsThey face off against each other when they meetDown here in junglelandThe streetss on fire in a classic death waltzBetween the masters of flesh and fantasyThe poets down here dont write nothin at all, they just stand and and letIt all beAnd in the quick of the night they reach for their moment to make an honestStandBut they wind up wounded, not rightly dead, down here in jungleland - yesThey doOh beneath the city their hearts beat, soul cool engines tired and braveOh as the young (jungle) girls stand by fire angels fallen in the cityIn the tunnels of machines theyll hear the screamsDrowned out by the roarin trainsThem rats above, oh locked in loveThe rat saves her from the edge of an on-coming trainThat angel rides a...Down here in jungleland - oh yes they doThey hear the animals sing - oh oh ohAlternative verses:===================In the parking lots the visionairies are dressed in the latest rageAs the spanish angels dance soft and low in a blacked arcadeBut the lights are so bright as he crosses the roomThe band moves into the songHe takes her hand, looks in her eyes and theyre gone - goneIn the tunnel of machines the rat chases his dreamsOn that forever (lasting) burning lightSo the barefoot girl crawls into bed, shakes her headAnd with a kiss and a sigh she shuts out all the lightBeneath the city their hearts beat, soul cool engines silent and...Oh until the girls cry like silent angels in port authority hallsIn the tunnel of machines theyll hear the screamsDrowned out by the roarin trainAnd layers above, oh locked in loveThe rat reappears on flamingo laneThen an angel rises from the sandsAnd disappears - down in jungleland
